Cattle-marker.



No. 67,3,3|4. ,Patented Apr. 30, I90l. A. F. CALLISUN & W. S. BlNG.

CATTLE MARKER.

V (Application led May 12, 1900.)

(No Model.)

ABNER F. CALLISONAND WILLIAM CATTLE- y PATENT EEicE.

S. BING, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

MARKER.

SPIECILEIGALION` formingpart of Letters Patent No. 673,314, dated April30,V 1901.

Application led May 12, 1900.

To @ZZ whom t may Concern,.-

Be it known that we, ABNER F. CALLIsoN and WILLIAM S. BING,citizens ofthe United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of SaltLake and State of Utah, have invented a new and useful Cattle-Marker, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to cattle-markers; and the object in view is toprovide an identifying-button which may' be permanently attached to theears of cattle with facility and in a practically painless manner. Ouridentifying button or marker is of that type which comprehends a pair ofheads or disks which bear the identifying characters and which areretained upon opposite sides of the animals ear by an intermediateeyelet, tube, or shank passed through an opening in the ear andconnected at its opposite ends to the disks.

Heretofore the attachment of marking devices to the ears of animals hasnecessitated the perforation of the ear and the axing of the markingdevice by a subsequent operation, which is highly objectionable, first,because of the time consumed, and, second, because the operation isprolonged to the great inconvenience of the operator, particularly whenthe device is beingattached to the ear of a fractions animal.

One object of our invention, in a somewhat more specific aspect, is toprovide an identifying marker or button'so constructed and arranged thatthe perforation of the ear and the aftixing of the marker may be'accomplished simultaneously, the act of associating the elements of thebutton serving to perforate the ear for the reception of thebuttonshank.

.A still further object of the invention isto provide for thepractically painless perforation of the animals ear by an element of thebutton and to provide forvthe removal from the button of the small diskof flesh cut from the ear and for the free circulation of air throughthe button to assist in keeping down inammation by forming thebutton-shank of tubular form throughout-that is to say, entirely openfrom end to end, so that the severed portion of the ear may be punchedout of the shank to permit of the free circu lation of air through thebutton.

To the accomplishment of these objects Serial No. 16,473. (No model.)

and others subordinate thereto the invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of our device hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and defined in the appendedclaim.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is ageneral view illustrating the applicationof our marker. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the marker or button detached.Figs. 3 and .4t are two sectional views, partly in elevation, ofi' thetool or set employed to effect the attachment of the button, Fig. 3showing the elements of the button assembled for attachment, and Fig. 4showing the elements assembled upon the ear. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the headed eyelet, tube, orshank detached; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the buttoncomplete.

Referring to the numerals of reference employed to designatecorresponding parts in the several views, l indicates the tool or setemployed for the purposev of afxing the marker and comprising a pair ofpivoted members having upper and lower jaws 2 and 3. The jaw 2 isprovided with an expansible holder 4, projecting beyond theface of thejaw 2 and surrounded by an annular lecess'. This recess is designed forthe accommodation of the upset end 6 of a hollow tubularperforating-shank 7, recessed at one end to form an annular shoulderS,between which shoulder and the upset end 6 is retained the inner edge ofa permanent head or disk 9, the opening 10 through which is of somewhatless diameter than the exterior diameter of the tube 7. The outer end ofthe perforatingshank 7-that is to say, the end opposite the upset endG-is beveled from the periphery of the shank to its interior face. Thepur- -pose of this beveled end is twofold-first, the bevel is providedin order to produce a sharp annular cutting edge 11, and, second, toreduce the thickness of the metal to provide for the upsetting of thisend of the shank after it shall have been passed through the attachablehead or disk l2, which preferably corresponds in general dimensions tothe head or disk 9, but the axial opening 13a through which is designedto snugly receive the shank 7.

The disk 9, with its attached shank, is retained upon one edge by theholder 4, and the other disk 12 is supported upon the lower jaw IOOwhich a leaf-spring 18 bears for the purposeand is pierced by aspring-retained mandrel having a conical end 14 projecting throughv thedisk. The mandrel 13 is movable in the mandrel-socket 15 in the jaw 3and is provided with a reduced stem 16, extended beyond the lower wallof the jaw 3 and having a Washer 17 clenched thereon to form a head,against of retaining the mandrel in a normally-projected position, asshown in Fig. 3v of the drawings. The movement of the mandrel 13 is justsufficient to permitthe base of its conical end to be retracted intoalinement with the inner edge of an annular upsetting socket or recess19 in the face of the jaw 3.

It being understood that the tool 1 constitutes no part of o ur presentinvention, inasmuch as it forms the subject-matter of our concurrentapplication for Letters Patent, Serial No. 21,539, filed June 25, 1900,and that it is simply illustrated for the purpose of renderingcomprehensive the description of the construction and method ofmanipulation of the button, let us proceed to discover in what mannerthe button is attached to the ear of the animal and by reason of whatpeculiarities of the button the attachment is facilitated and renderedcomparatively painless. With the elements of the butt-on retained uponthe jaws of the tool, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the ear of theanimal is introduced between the jaws, which are urged into the positionshown in Fig: 4. by the compression of the handles of the pivotedmembers. The approach of the jaws 2 and 3 will cause the ear of theanimal to be caught iirst between the conical end 14 of the mandrel andthe beveled end 11 of the button shank '7. Continued pressure will cansethe depression of the mandrel and will present the ear against the faceof the head l2, the square inner edge or corner of which will coperatewith the sharpened annular edge of the shank to effect the perforationof the ear for the purpose of permitting said shank to passtherethrough. The perforation having been formed in the ear by thepassage of the shank therethrough, the conical end 14 of the mandrelwill be in alinement with the adjacent edge of the transversely-curvedannular upsetting-socket 19,

which will now upset or turn back the reduced upsetting end of the shankTand will effect the secure riveting or clenching of the attachable head12 in permanent relation with the shank and the other head or disk 9,this relationof the elements of the button being clearly shown in Fig. 4of the drawings. The sm'all disk of flesh which is .cut from the animalsear may now be punched from the shank of the button, as the latter is oftubular form throughout, and after the disk has been thus removed thefree circulation of air will be set up through the button to aid in theprevention of such iniiammation as may be induced by the attachment ofthe marker;

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have produced a simple andeffective identifying marker or button capable of being attached to theears of cattle by a single operation; but while the present embodimentof our invention appears at this time to be preferable we do not wish tolimit ourselves to the structural details defined, as we reserve theright to efect such changes in construction and design as may besuggested by eX- perience or may be necessitated by the use of themarkers by various individuals each desiring to employ his owncharacteristic design of marker.

What we claim is- An identifying-marker comprising a hollow shank havingone end interiorly beveled to form an annular cutting edge located atthe periphery of the shank and of a diameter equal to the greatestdiameter of the shank, a permanent head at the opposite end of theshank, and an attachable head adapted to be fitted on the beveled end ofthe shank and retained by the upsetting of said end, said shank being oftubular form throughout for the purposes substantially as described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own we havehereto'affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ABNER F. OALLISON. WILLIAM S. BING.

Witnesses:

O. T. OALLIsoN, J. MERE HIsKEY.

